by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Sep 24, 2008 | Economy, Election, Emergencies, News, Politics, USA
A state of the afairs to squash fears amongst citizens in the United States of Amerca is sure to send ripple affects around the world; as we are all intertwined in this financial mess. President George Bush tonight spoke directly to U.S citizens, and candidly...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Sep 18, 2008 | Canada, Economy, Election, News, Politics, World
DOUG SAUNDERS From Thursday’s Globe and Mail September 18, 2008 at 2:00 AM EDT LONDON — Canadian and European officials say they plan to begin negotiating a massive agreement to integrate Canada’s economy with the 27 nations of the European Union, with...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Sep 17, 2008 | Economy, News, USA
Sometimes you have to look around outside of your own personal sector and reflect on the world at large. If you haven’t noticed, our financial infrastructure is tumbling down around our ears. The U.S. agreed yesterday to bail out AIG at the cost of $85 billion. Just...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Sep 16, 2008 | Canada, Economy, Election, GTA Politics, Ontario, Toronto, World
By Jim Stanford We all know the Conservatives are the “rational economic managers,” right? After all, their tax cuts, free trade agreements, and tough-love social policy are all motivated by the need to free the entrepreneurial beast within us, and allow us to pursue...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Sep 15, 2008 | Economy, News, USA, World
Sept. 15 (Bloomberg) — Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., the fourth-largest U.S. investment bank, succumbed to the subprime mortgage crisis it helped create in the biggest bankruptcy filing in history. The 158-year-old firm, which survived railroad bankruptcies of...